Sharpening perceptions of reality and providing spiritual guidance for those in the crux of wilderness experiences. Substantial spiritual nourishment for those who know or sense that Christ is anything but shallow. Encouraging readers to radically (which to Christ is normal) serve God and others.
The author is teaching herself and others to read the world through the lens of the gospel and to become active participants in the local and worldwide body of Christ.

Jan 8, 2010

On Unfaithfulness/Adultery

"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, you ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way, walk in it." Isaiah 30:21

And with the temptation, he will provide a way of escape. I Corinthians 10:13

What if you had a chance to have the thing or person you've always dreamed of?Would you destroy everything and everyone around you in order to have it,in order to have him or her?

Is it really worth it? Would not this thing or person grow bitter in your mouth,or sour in your stomach once you've tasted?

Some of us our willing to unleash Pandora's Box, to destroy our beautiful, God-given worlds and gifts and families for the forbidden fruit, for what in the end turns out to be an illusion.

And we are all tempted, let none of us think we are beyond temptation. We have to recognize that each one of us, I say each one of us on the road to Zion, is one or two steps away from the abyss. That is why we cannot turn to the left or the right. We have to keep our eyes on Christ in the midst of community.

1 comment:

Brilliant post, God bless you.I never realised what the term opening Pandora's box meant, but I certainly see the damage as I look around me. As you say, we must keep focusing on Jesus in the midst. This post will give me strength and direction, thank you again.

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One excellent way to see how much our culture's passing weather patterns have influenced us is to read old books. If you recieve all your information from contemporary writers, Christian or secular, you will never perceive whole concepts that people in other generations could see. (For example, earlier generations of Christians perceived a power in sexual purity that eludes us completely; we can only fall back on "don'ts"). Every Christian should always have at his bedside at least one book that is at least fifty years old--the older the better.

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In seminary, my pastor friends dubbed me a modern-day Christian mystic, a contemplative. I've been called to preach through the pen (or keyboard as technology has it). I've accepted my gifts and hope to nourish readers with the nourishment I've received. I'm married to my soulmate,Shawn. He's a philosophy professor. And I graduated from Northeastern Seminary (a truly great place) with an M.Div. and gave birth to a beautiful human being, my daughter Iliana, almost within the same week. I am a regular contributing writer for Christianity Today's Her.meneutics Blog and a proud member of the Redbud Writers Guild. If you are nourished by what you read, please pass it along to another wilderness traveler.